Bath-tub.



J. J'. LAWLBR. `BATH TUB. `APPLICATION FILED 00T. 12, 1912.

1,079,775. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

w/r/vfssfs.- 1 i 1 @M6 James' ffa/Wr I By ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. vILAWII'JIEZR, OF' PELHAM, NEW YORK.

BATH-TUB.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Application led October 12, 1912. Serial No. 725,377

To all whom t may' concern.'

'Be it known that I, JAMES J. LAWLER, a

.citizen of the United States, and resident of.l

`with said rim; another object is to provide a filling means of the hot and cold water near the bottom of the tub to avoidfsplashlng. t

4In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is an end elevation on a tub, showing my invention, part of the tub vbeing broken away: Fig. 2 is a planview of a tub, showing the water connection on one end: Fig. 3 is a fragmental View of a tub showing the arrangement of the pipes, which are shown in front elevation, there being no difference in the connections whether placed on the` end of the tub,as in Fig. 2 or on the side, as in Figs. l and 3. Fig. 4 shows anenlarged section of the rim and means for holding the hot water pipe as applied to tubs specially Vconstructed to employ my invention, and Fig. 5 is a similar View showing a means for attaching the heating pipe to old tubs or tubs in use.

' Like reference numbers indicate similar parts in the several views. Arrows show direct-ion of the water.

The bath tub, 1, ispreferably of the enameled iron ware type, having the curved rim, 1', on the inner or under side of which the hot water pipe, 2, is placed and held by a series of suitable clamps, 3, fastened to the rim by means of a screw, 4. The hot, Water pipe connects to the supply pipe, 2", by a coupling, 2, or otherwise and passes around the tub under the rim to the /controlling faucet, 5. Thecold water pipe, 6', is coupled, to the cold water faucet, 7. I prethe faucet body, 8, connects vwith the hot and cold water faucets and with the inlet pipe, 9, which enters the tub a short distance above the bottom, a hood 9 open at-the bottom giving direction to the water issuing fromthe pip`e9. The outlet and overtiow pipe 10 is of conventional make.

is asA follows: To heat the rim, the hotl water faucet is turned on and. the water runs being heated by radiation. The water is discharged near the bottom of the tub without splashing, and'if desired to regulate the water faucet can be turned on or both faucets regulated to control the supply from either pipe, asl usual. What I claim is- A device of the class described comprising in combination with a bath tub, an outwardly turned rim thereon provided with two perforations therethrough, a 'faucet body positioned beneath said rim, a faucet at each end vof said faucet body and extending through said perforations, a pipe conn'ecting centrally of said faucet body and adapted for entering the tub, a hot water enti-ance pipe extending vertically to a point beneath said rim and thence circumferentially of the tub and beneath said rim and connecting with one end of the faucet body in vertical alinement with one of said faucets, and a vertically positioned cold water pipe between said vertical portion of the hot connected. to the opposite end of the faucet body in vertical alinement with the other end 'of said faucet members.

` Witnesses: EDGAR M. GREENBAUM,

fer to arrange the pipes as shown, so that CHARLES V. DWYER.

Such being the description, the operation.

throughthe pipe 2 around the tub, the rim temperature of the water in the tub, the cold water pipe and said tub entrance pipe and Signed at New -York inthe county and 'i 

